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Seoul salvages part of rocket from North Korea’s failed launch

Sailors prepare to lift the wreckage from the sea [South Korea Defence Ministry via Reuters]

South Korea has recovered part of a rocket used in North Korea’s failed attempt to launch its first military satellite last month.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Friday that the part was salvaged the previous evening and that the search was continuing for additional objects from what the North has claimed was a space launch vehicle.

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